Francis Duggan

We May Have Great Plans For The Future - Poem by Francis Duggan

We may have great plans for the future but the future seems so far awayAnd we only can live in the present tomorrow is another dayThe future's not ours to look into I once heard a wise woman sayAnd the sooner the rose comes into bloom the sooner 'twill fade to decay.

You will not find one who doesn't have dreams but dreams of course seldom come trueStill dreams to us all are important we all need a dream to pursueWe all need our dreams to inspire us and those who do not have a dreamHave lost their sense of life direction like a leaf in a rapid flowing stream.

When one hopes for a better tomorrow those sentiments apply to us allAnd though the future we cannot look into the past we can readily recallOf life there is truth in the saying that we must take the good days with the badThe bright moments of joy and laughter and the dark moments when we feel sad.

We may have great plans for the future for a better tomorrow maybeBut what the future might hold for us is something that we cannot seeWe keep on in hope of the good times and we all need our dreams to pursueAnd if for me good things don't happen then good things might happen for you.